Jim Abrahams, one of the writers and directors behind some of the greatest and most quotable spoof and slapstick comedies of the 20th century — including Airplane!, The Naked Gun, and Hot Shots! — died Tuesday, Nov. 26, Variety reports. He was 80. Abrahams’ son, Joseph, confirmed his death. No …

Marilyn Manson has dropped a lawsuit he filed against Evan Rachel Wood and abandoned a related appeal attempting to revive his previous defamation claim. The musician has agreed to pay nearly $327,000 in Wood’s attorneys’ fees, according to legal documents obtained by Rolling Stone. Wood’s attorneys Michael Kump, Shawn Holley, …

Steve Albini Way received its official designation during a ceremony featuring his widow Heather Whinna, Kim Deal, Electrical Audio staff, and others in Chicago on Monday. The public event drew a large crowd of fans and friends to the stretch of West Belmont Avenue that flanks Albini’s Electrical Audio studio …

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. A jewelry heist, Santa getting a massage, and Peter Griffin getting excited to get a stick as a gift could only mean one thing: It’s officially the holidays …

Mexico’s recently elected President Claudia Sheinbaum has responded forcefully to Donald Trump’s plans to levy 25 percent tariffs on goods imported from Mexico if the nation doesn’t stem the flow of undocumented immigrants and drugs across the southern border. Sheinbaum promised during a morning news conference on Tuesday that Mexico …

From tear-jerking interviews along the Wicked press tour, to holding space for the lyrics of “Defying Gravity,” Cynthia Erivo‘s run as the green-skinned Elphaba has been nothing less of a whirlwind. In a new interview with Variety, Erivo opened up about how her identity as a queer Black woman has …

A rare, eight-page draft letter John Lennon wrote to Eric Clapton in 1971, pitching him on a new musical project at one of the most tumultuous times in Clapton’s life, is headed to auction. This copy of the missive is dated Sept. 29, 1971 and it contains various deletions and …

New Zealand jangle-pop band the Chills will release a new album of previously unreleased songs in February. The album,Spring Board: The Early Unrecorded Songs,arrives following thedeath of frontmanMartin Phillipps. The singer-songwriter, who was battling liver disease, died in July at the age of61. Spring Board assembles 20 archival recordings, and …

Singer, guitarist, pianist, and newfound harmonium player Shawn Mendes closed out his intimate For Friends and Family Only Tour on Nov. 25 in his hometown of Toronto, playing the historic Massey Hall, a dream venue for most artists who grew up here. The 130-year-old, three-level theater with its iconic giant …

It’s a tough week for the OG cast of Vanderpump Rules. First, Tom Sandoval and Tom Schwartz announced the closing of their namesake bar, Shwartz and Sandy’s, on Monday after just two years of being open. And now, Bravo has greenlit another season of VPR — but this time, with …